The Art of Loving

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production year

1968

Runtime

7 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmshort

Original title

Umění milovati De arte amatoria

Czech title

Umění milovati De arte amatoria

English title

The Art of Loving

Synopsis

Very young Jana impatiently listens to Ovid's words from the book Songs of Love and Sorrow from which her friend Láďa reads to her. The courageous poet's words concerning expressions of love sharply contrast with the shy behaviour of the young man who is reading. Jana tries to provoke him a little with her coquettish yet reluctant expressions but Láďa is confused. Eventually, the girl has to take the initiative into her own hands.

Crew and creators

Screenstory

Zdenek Zaoral

Screenplay

Zdenek Zaoral

Director of Photography

Oldřich Kábrt

Production Manager

Karel Kvítek, Karel Fiala

Pedagogical management

Bořivoj Zeman (režie), Jan Kališ (kamera), Bohumil Šmída (produkce)

Music

Music Composed by

archivní

Music Advisor

Josef Ceremuga

Production info

Original Title

Umění milovati De arte amatoria

Czech Title

Umění milovati De arte amatoria

English Title

The Art of Loving

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1968

Production Year

1968

Production

Studio FAMU

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Technical info

Duration typology

short film

Duration in minutes

7 min

Original length in metres

192 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech